A Dirty House Equals Bed Bugs?

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On a local news website there was an article about an apartment building that was infested with bed bugs. The apartment building consisted of twenty-nine units so it was a small apartment building. Its residents were poverty-stricken and the owner was doing what he could to house them without any help from the government. The owner and manager tried everything they could to rid the building of the bed bugs. They finally turn to an exterminator for advise. The exterminator said he would take care of the bed bugs free of charge, which saved the owner thousands of dollars. The article went on to say they had to throw away all the furniture since it was too infested with the bugs. After reading the article I read the comments. One woman wrote that being poor was no excuse for having a dirty house. Then she went on about keeping the house clean. I knew this woman knew nothing about bed bugs. She was blaming these people because they apparently did not keep their apartments clean. Then there was a comment from an exterminator that set the woman straight. He informed her that a dirty house had nothing to do with getting bed bugs. These bugs are travelers. They will get in someone’s luggage or something else and hitchhike places. Or they will crawl from one room to another. It has nothing to do with a dirty house. This exterminator said one of his first bed bug jobs was in a penthouse in downtown Seattle. I found the woman’s comment was that of someone shooting off their mouth without knowing what they are talking about. She just assumed since the residents were poor that their apartments were dirty. She assumed that the bed bugs were connected with filth. Have you ever wanted to tell someone to shut their pie hole until they knew what they were talking about?